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Nicotine
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Smoking — Acne?
[Reader Responses]
Originally Published: July 06, 2007
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I looked up this very topic because my acne has cleared up over the past two weeks. I have sufferred from break outs over the past ten years. Talk about embarassing. I don't know the answer to your question, but I do know that I quit smoking the same day I started a high calorie, moderate fat diet (I "paused" my low-fat diet). Smoking reduces the amount of oxygen in the blood. That means less oxygen gets to your skin. Not only that, as a non-smoker (for 30 days now), I no longer crave a cigarette, or need a cigarette to calm down, or require a cigarette to concentrate, because I am no longer suffering hourly from nicotine wthdrawals. These withdrawals were the very things that were making me un-relaxed, or having me concentrate on cigarettes (not school or work). Quit for 3 weeks, if your acne doesn't clear up, stay quit. . .
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